Thomas newell



T. NEWELL.

Stovepipe Thimble.

Patented Dec. 21, 1869.

WIKKIK THOMAS .NEWELL, OF osKAL-oosA,

IOWA,

Letters Patent No. 98,093, dated Decembcr2l, 1869.

STOVE-PIPE THIMBLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS NEWELL, of Oska-' loosa, Mahaska county, and State of Iowa, have invented anew and useful Improvementin Stove-Pipe Thimbles and fine-supporters and I do herebydecla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawin gs, andthe letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section of my invention, and

Figure 1, a modification of my invention, showing the extension of the pipe f to the surface of the floor, and also the way of securing the thimble, and the manner of filling in.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

The object of my invention is to construct a stovepipe thimble and flue-supportso as to prevent the tires which occur from defective flues; and to this end,

} It consists in the employment of an inner and outer tube, with the space between the tubes filled with some non-comlucting substance, substantially in the manner hereinafter described.

To enable others to make and use my invention,'I will now describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- A represents a cylindrical tube, having-a flangeprojection forming a shoulder, as seen at m, and is also formed with a bottom, d, to the inner edge of which is the tube f,

The tubes A and f are cast in one piece, with a' sufficient space between them to allow plaster or some non-conducting substance-to be placed, as seen at G in fig. 1.

The tube f may project far enough to go through the floor, as seen in fig. 1.

At the bottom of the tribe A, on the outer edge, is

formedv solid with the tube a ring, B, which projects The tube A provided with flange a and ring B, in

combination with tube f, when the space bet-ween the said tubes is filled with some non-conducting substance, and the thimble or fine-supporter is arranged in the manner set forth.

THOMASNEWELL.

Witnesses: 1

JOHN F. LACEY, W. SHEPHERD. 

